satisfare

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See also: satisfaré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin satisfacere. Doublet of soddisfare, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.tiˈsfa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ti‧sfà‧re

Verb

satisfàre (first-person singular present satisfàccio, first-person singular past historic satisféci, past participle satisfàtto, first-person singular imperfect satisfacévo, second-person singular imperative satisfài or satisfà', auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) Alternative form of soddisfare
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XVI”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 79–81; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      «Se l'altre volte sì poco ti costa», ¶ rispuoser tutti, «il satisfare altrui, ¶ felice te se sì parli a tua posta! […]»
      «If other times so little it doth cost thee», ¶ replied they all, «to satisfy another, ¶ happy art thou, thus speaking at thy will!»

Conjugation

    Conjugation of satisfàre (-ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive satisfàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund satisfacèndo
present participle satisfacènte past participle satisfàtto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present satisfàccio satisfài satisfà1 satisfacciàmo satisfàte satisfànno
imperfect satisfacévo satisfacévi satisfacéva satisfacevàmo satisfacevàte satisfacévano
past historic satisféci satisfacésti satisféce satisfacémmo satisfacéste satisfécero
future satisfarò satisfarài satisfarà satisfarémo satisfaréte satisfarànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present satisfarèi satisfarésti satisfarèbbe, satisfarébbe satisfarémmo satisfaréste satisfarèbbero, satisfarébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present satisfàccia satisfàccia satisfàccia satisfacciàmo satisfacciàte satisfàcciano
imperfect satisfacéssi satisfacéssi satisfacésse satisfacéssimo satisfacéste satisfacéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
satisfài, satisfà' satisfàccia satisfacciàmo satisfàte satisfàcciano
negative imperative non satisfàre non satisfàccia non satisfacciàmo non satisfàte non satisfàcciano

1With syntactic gemination after the verb.

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